Marbles

This is an interactive activity that allows the user to explore experimental probabilities by simulating pulling marbles out of a bag. The site includes instructions for the teacher and worksheets. The student will determine theoretical and/or experimental probability of an event and/or its complement including using relative frequency.

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Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives:

This activity can be used to:

introduce the notions of chance and probability
motivate the notion of conditional probability
motivate the notion of sampling with and without replacement
motivate the notion of random numbers

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level:

Understanding

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Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation

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